Paper Info
Title
Ultra low power NEMFET based logic.
Abstract
In this paper, we introduce a Nano-Electro-Mechanical Field Effect Transistor (NEMFET) based logic family tailored to the implementation of low speed and ultra low energy functional units and processors. Basic Boolean gates implemented with NEMFETs only are analysed and compared against equivalent CMOS realisations. Our simulations suggest that the proposed short-circuit current free NEMFET gates exhibit up to 1 0 x dynamic energy reduction and up to 2 orders of magnitude less leakage, at the expense of 1 0 to 2 0 x slower operation, when compared with CMOS counterparts. We also analyse the fan-in influence on gate performance and observe that NEMFET the gate energy advantage increases with fan-in. Finally, we consider a 3D-Stacked hybrid NEMFET-CMOS computation platform running a heartbeat rate monitor application and demonstrate that NEMFET based logic is an enabling factor for the implementation of "zero-energy" operated systems.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1109/ISCAS.2013.6571905
ISCAS
Keywords
Field
DocType
CMOS logic circuits,field effect transistors,logic gates,low-power electronics,nanoelectromechanical devices,3D-stacked hybrid NEMFET-CMOS computation platform,NEMFET,dynamic energy reduction,equivalent CMOS realisations,heartbeat rate monitor application,nanoelectromechanical field effect transistor,short-circuit current free NEMFET gates,ultralow energy functional units,ultralow power NEMFET based logic family,zero-energy operated systems
Logic gate,Leakage (electronics),Pass transistor logic,Field-effect transistor,Computer science,AND-OR-Invert,CMOS,Electronic engineering,Logic family,Electrical engineering,Low-power electronics
Conference
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
0271-4302
2
0.41
References 
Authors
5
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Marius Enachescu1204.73
Mihai Lefter2133.79
Antonios Bazigos363.44
Adrian M. Ionescu49320.31
Sorin Dan Cotofana57816.12